Wednesday, I went and joined the Saline Environmental Commission; I think I am relegated to being a member of a 'sub-committee' as I am a resident of the hinterlands of outer York Township. The steaming tundra, as it were. The commission is in the process of setting goals for 2009, having spent 2008 focused on issues of water quality. I am very concerned with environmental issues, and plan to add my input to developing sound, intelligent policies for the greater Saline area.
One of the issues the commission is going to focus on is that of visibility in the community, including cooperative effort with neighboring municipalities. Cooperation and visibility is one of the issues I've stressed often to both the chamber of commerce and to Tri County. No town (or township, or organization) is an island, we all have to work together.
I'm interested to see how this plays out, and I'd be happy to be a part of it. After all, that is one of the reasons I joined Leadership Saline in the first place.
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Friday, December 19, 2008
Friday, May 9, 2008
Yawn
Spent the day working on a marketing plan.
Dreadful; but I am told that having a plan is a good thing. I'm willing to see it through.
I say again, Yawn. The sixth graders return tonight from their wild trip to Toronto. Their original return time was scheduled for 2330, now they've updated it to 0045. Lovely.
Update: The tykes returned at 0115. Seriously, two hours late? Just what can eleven year olds do to be two hours late?
Dreadful; but I am told that having a plan is a good thing. I'm willing to see it through.
I say again, Yawn. The sixth graders return tonight from their wild trip to Toronto. Their original return time was scheduled for 2330, now they've updated it to 0045. Lovely.
Update: The tykes returned at 0115. Seriously, two hours late? Just what can eleven year olds do to be two hours late?
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Wednesday in Revue
No actual work today, so a good day to catch up. As frightening as it is to not have billable hours on a day, it is useful to get caught up on paperwork and connections.
I think I mentioned that I joined the Home Builders Association. This evening was a new member orientation and member dinner. It was a good crowd; I was surprised to see that I already knew quite a few people. I think it will be a good association to be in as there's no competition in my field, and I'll never be without a good referral for any work that needs doing around here.
I've also begun an inventory of all the spare parts I've accumulated over the past couple of years. Its a bit more than I thought. I'm looking at average prices online - I suppose I'll put a bunch of it on ebay or something. There's no sense keeping it all. I mean come on, you should see all the RAM I have thats more than ten years out of date. Due to its rarity, some of it can fetch a surprising price.
It appears the public safety millage passed. We'll keep the three deputies we have now. I really hope thats the last we hear of it; there aren't too many of us who can keep shelling out more in property tax as the values deflate.
I think I mentioned that I joined the Home Builders Association. This evening was a new member orientation and member dinner. It was a good crowd; I was surprised to see that I already knew quite a few people. I think it will be a good association to be in as there's no competition in my field, and I'll never be without a good referral for any work that needs doing around here.
I've also begun an inventory of all the spare parts I've accumulated over the past couple of years. Its a bit more than I thought. I'm looking at average prices online - I suppose I'll put a bunch of it on ebay or something. There's no sense keeping it all. I mean come on, you should see all the RAM I have thats more than ten years out of date. Due to its rarity, some of it can fetch a surprising price.
It appears the public safety millage passed. We'll keep the three deputies we have now. I really hope thats the last we hear of it; there aren't too many of us who can keep shelling out more in property tax as the values deflate.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Tuesday
Being a Tuesday, and the first of the month, there is a breakfast thrown by the Ypsi Chamber of Commerce. What sort of insular life have I, that I didn't know they were awarding the E3 awards this morning. Shameful. The first recipient accepted her award for a lifetime of dutiful instruction of our youth, and I mean this with the deepest respect, had there been a band in attendance, they would have launched into her recessional well before halfway through her acceptance speech. Brevity is the soul of wit, madam. I, on the other hand, had other items on my plate that required my attention, and so did not see if the subsequent honorees were wittier.
I visited a client today who had a few questions about the backup utility we are using. I installed Cobian 9, and as it works quite easily here, I was a bit put out that it didn't seem to be working for him. I checked a few settings (files, destination, timing, power saving settings, etc) and it all looked fine. Ran fine when I started it up, too. Hmmm... have to keep an eye on that.
Oh, and regarding the millage, I voted for it. Yes, I was surprised as well, and I had actually convinced myself to vote against it, but there I was. I rarely see a deputy, and I have no idea if their patrols are demonstrably effective, however, I don't think we will benefit as a township by reducing what little police service we have now. The idea that the MSP will respond in any kind of meaningful time is ludicrous, so the WCSD is all we have. That said, should the millage pass, it will cost me about $150 extra to keep the minimal level of patrol coverage we get now. I can do that for now.
Where are my manners - I also spent a good portion of the evening with some buds from a former employer. Two of them are still there [we pray for them], and one has moved on to Belle Tire. In software development. Belle Tire develops software? Who Knew?
I visited a client today who had a few questions about the backup utility we are using. I installed Cobian 9, and as it works quite easily here, I was a bit put out that it didn't seem to be working for him. I checked a few settings (files, destination, timing, power saving settings, etc) and it all looked fine. Ran fine when I started it up, too. Hmmm... have to keep an eye on that.
Oh, and regarding the millage, I voted for it. Yes, I was surprised as well, and I had actually convinced myself to vote against it, but there I was. I rarely see a deputy, and I have no idea if their patrols are demonstrably effective, however, I don't think we will benefit as a township by reducing what little police service we have now. The idea that the MSP will respond in any kind of meaningful time is ludicrous, so the WCSD is all we have. That said, should the millage pass, it will cost me about $150 extra to keep the minimal level of patrol coverage we get now. I can do that for now.
Where are my manners - I also spent a good portion of the evening with some buds from a former employer. Two of them are still there [we pray for them], and one has moved on to Belle Tire. In software development. Belle Tire develops software? Who Knew?
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